Free Press sports writer Helene St. James answers questions from her hockey mailbag.

From Twitter user @sully6one: Any scenario where the Red Wings pick up Stamkos, Radulov and make a trade for Shattenkirk?

HSJ: Even if the Wings are able to move Pavel Datsyuk's contract (if he, as expected, leaves this summer), there would not be room to sign both Steven Stamkos (various reports have him rejecting an $8.5 million cap average contract) and Alexander Radulov (who probably would want at least in the $5 million range). Bear in mind that even with Kyle Quincey and Brad Richards coming off the books (a combined cap hit of $7.25 million), the Wings have to re-sign RFAs in Petr Mrazek, Danny DeKeyser and Riley Sheahan, all of whom are due significant raises. As for trading for Kevin Shattenkirk of the St. Louis Blues, the last asking price was Dylan Larkin, which is an automatic no-go.

From Twitter user @HPMike65: Do you think the Wings have a chance to get Stamkos in free agency.

HSJ: Absolutely, if they have the $7.5 million from Datsyuk's contract. The Lightning have the advantage of being the only team that can offer Stamkos eight years (other teams max out at seven years) and of course Tampa Bay wants to keep him. But, it's tick-tock toward free agency, and Stamkos has yet to re-up. The Wings should appeal to Stamkos because he'd be close to his family in the greater Toronto area, and unlike the work in progress that is the Maple Leafs, with the Wings he'd be joining a competitive Original Six team. Imagine Larkin and Stamkos taking over "driving the bus" (as Mike Babcock liked to call it) from Datsyuk as Henrik Zetterberg as they did from Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan.

From Twitter user @Kray1133: Does Tyler Bertuzzi have shot at Wings roster next year?

HSJ: Let's see who is still standing come training camp among the regulars. Either of Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar are in play for trades. It also depends on what happens with UFAs Drew Miller and Darren Helm - I do think Helm will test free agency, and end up elsewhere. Teams covet him for his speed. Bertuzzi has a brashness about the way he plays that the Wings could use, but he'd an opening and a stellar preseason to make it out of camp. I think more realistically, he's first on the list of call-ups when injuries occur.

Contact Helene St. James: hstjames@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames.